Dangerous Beauty Page #4

Domenico:
WHO COMMANDS

A LOT OF SHIPS:

AND HAS NO LOVE:

FOR THE TURKS.

YOUR WIFE BELIEVES

SHE HAS BEWITCHED YOU.

WHAT HARM IS THERE

IN BEWITCHING A MARRIED MAN?

THAT MAN:

HAS TO HAVE HEIRS.

HE'S TO BE

A SENATOR SOON.

SO HE SHALL.

WHAT GOD AND GREED

HAVE JOINED TOGETHER...

LET NO LOVE:

PUT ASUNDER.

THE WOMAN YOU LOVE

IS NOT GOOD.

NOT PURE, NOT MEEK.

I AM A COURTESAN.

IT'S THE ONLY THING

YOU LET ME DO,

AND I DO IT WELL.

I CAN'T BEAR IT.

I CAN'T BEAR IT.

I KNOW I HAVE NO RIGHT,

BUT I WON'T SHARE YOU.

BUT I MUST SHARE YOU.

I MUST BEAR THAT.

I HAVE NO CHOICE.

PLEASE DON'T ENVY GIULIA.

SHE WILL NEVER HAVE

WHAT YOU HAVE.

PLEASE TRUST ME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW.

I'LL EARN YOUR TRUST.

LET ME.

YOU'LL GO OFF TO WAR

AND DIE.

NO. NOT WITH YOU

TO COME BACK TO.

STAY WITH ME:

FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE.

I'LL BE

YOUR PRIVATE WHORE.

NO. DON'T EVER SAY THAT.

YOU'RE VERONICA FRANCO.

YOU'RE A POET.

AND YOU'RE MY LADY.

CANCEL MY APPOINTMENTS,

PLEASE.

IT'S A TREACHEROUS GAME

YOU'RE PLAYING,

MY LITTLE IDIOT.

YOU OUTDID ME:

LONG AGO.

I KNOW THAT.

AND THE IRONY IS

IT'S NOT BECAUSE...

YOU'RE PRETTIER

THAN I WAS,

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT.

NOR THAT YOU'RE

A BETTER LAY THAN I WAS,

BECAUSE YOU AREN'T.

IT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE

SMARTER THAN I AM.

YOU HAVE A GIFT.

DON'T THROW IT AWAY.

FOR GOD'S SAKE,

MOTHER.

HAVEN' I DONE ENOUGH?

HE'S A CLIEN LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.

LOVE HIM AND YOU LOSE.

I MUST GO.

KING HENRY'S COMING.

I'LL GET MY THINGS.

AH, IT'S BEEN

SELFISH OF YOU, NEPHEW,

KEEPING HER HIDDEN AWAY.

WE COULD USE:

HER COUNSEL.

YOU CAME BACK:

JUST IN TIME:

TO SEDUCE:

THE FRENCH KING.

HE'S ARRIVING TOMORROW.

HE'D LET ALL PARIS BURN

FOR A GOOD LAY.

HE'LL HARDLY FIGH FOR VENICE.

DEPENDS ON HOW WELL

VENICE LAYS HIM.

I DON'T MIND FIGHTING,

BUT I PREFER TO FIGH A WAR THAT I CAN WIN.

WITHOUT FRANCE'S SHIPS,

IT'S A SUICIDE MISSION.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, SIR.

THE NAVY IS NOW STRONG.

IT MAY BE STRONG, BUT WE

STILL CAN ADD MORE SHIPS.

[APPLAUSE]

GLORIOUS ARCHITECTURE.

INDEED.

GOOD HENRY!

GOOD HENRY, WE MUST FIGHT!

WE MUST FIGH THE INFIDELS HERE

BEFORE WE CAN:

BEAT THEM ABROAD.

OR WE CAN FIGHT THEM

AT HOME.

TAKE THIS PAPER TO THE KING.

NO! I'M A MAN OF GOD!

GIVE HIM THIS PAPER!

FRANCE HAS THEM, TOO.

I PREFER:

A HERETIC TO A ZEALOT.

THEY'RE NOT SO SERIOUS.

THE ZEALOTS ARE CREATING

DIFFICULTIES EVERYWHERE.

OUR CAPTAINS TELL US

THE MUSLIM TURKS

HAVE BEEN SPOTTED

NEAR CYPRUS.

HMM.

RATHER PRESUMPTUOUS,

DON'T YOU THINK?

RATHER PRESUMPTUOUS,

DON'T YOU AGREE,

TO THINK THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

WOULDN'T COME TO ITS DEFENSE?

WHAT ABOU THESE COURTESANS

VENICE IS SO FAMOUS FOR?

I'M SURE THE SULTAN

IS FAR TOO EXPERIENCED

TO GAMBLE HIS OWN--

I'D LIKE TO MEET THEM.

YOU GOT THEM NEARBY?

WHO'S THAT?

SHE'S NO WITH THE OTHERS.

VERONICA FRANCO,

YOUR EXCELLENCY.

THE POETESS.

IS SHE A COURTESAN?

SHE IS, YOUR HIGHNESS.

TELL HER:

TO COME FORWARD.

I WANT HER.

MOST EXQUISITE.

YOU DO ME GREAT HONOR,

MAJESTY.

I TAKE YOU FROM:

THE ONE YOU LOVE.

I COME WILLINGLY.

YOU HAVE TO SAY THA BECAUSE I'M A KING.

I HAVE TO SAY THA BECAUSE VENICE NEEDS YOU.

WHAT DO YOU YEARN FOR,

KING HENRY?

UNH!

YOU'VE HEARD THE RUMORS,

VERONICA.

YES, SIRE.

THE KING'S A PERVERT.

WHAT DO YOU REALLY

YEARN FOR, KING HENRY?

TEARS.

TEARS FOR WHOM?

YOUR TEARS.

YOU YEARN FOR MY TEARS?

I DON'T THINK SO.

THEN WHAT DO I YEARN FOR?

WHY DON'T WE FIND OUT?

ARMS, HUP!

YOU'LL GET YOUR SHIPS.

[CHEERING]

POET TO KINGS.

A NATIONAL ASSET. MORE THAN

A HUNDRED FRENCH SHIPS.

PERHAPS WE SHOULD MAKE YOU

AMBASSADOR TO THE EMPEROR.

HE DOESN' DESERVE HER.

WOULD HE SOONER:

WE DIDN'T GET THE SHIPS?

HE WOULD RATHER:

HE HAD THE RIGH:

TO REFUSE EVEN:

A KING YOUR HAND.

I COULD NOT REFUSE.

COULDN'T YOU?

I THINK YOU LIKE IT.

AND YOU LIKE WHAT I HAS MADE ME.

I DON'T LIKE

WHAT IT MAKES ME.

THEN WHY DID YOU

NOT STOP ME?

YOU'RE NOT MINE TO STOP.

AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?

YOU SLEEP WITH GIULIA

EVERY NIGHT FOR DUTY'S SAKE.

I SLEPT WITH THE KING OF

FRANCE ONCE FOR DUTY'S SAKE.

WHO DOES NOT FORGIVE?

PERHAPS I JUS CAN'T LIVE WITH IT.

BUT I LOVE YOU.

MARCO?

MARCO!

I PRAY GOD:

TO WATCH OVER YOU.

SAVE YOUR PRAYERS,

VERONICA.

THE DEVIL'S GOT MY HEART NOW.

GOD HASN'T A CHANCE.

[WHISPERING PRAYERS]

[SHOUTING]

RAAH!

WE WERE HOPING YOU COULD TELL US

WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE WAR.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

JUST THAT WE'RE FIGHTING

THE TURKS AGAIN.

THAT'S ALL?

THEIR SULTAN:

SENT US AN ULTIMATUM.

EITHER WE SURRENDER CYPRUS

OR HE TAKES IT BY FORCE.

OUR FLEETS HAVE HEADED

EAST TO DEFEND IT.

IS CYPRUS SO IMPORTAN

THAT WE MUST SEND OUR

HUSBANDS AWAY TO BATTLE?

WITHOUT CYPRUS WE LOSE CONTROL

OVER THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.

IF THEY CANNOT BE CONTAINED,

THE TURKS WILL FIND THEIR WAY

TO CHRISTIAN SHORES.

I KNOW WE OWN IT, BU WHERE EXACTLY IS CYPRUS?

MY HUSBAND...

DO YOU KNOW IF HE

IS ALIVE OR DEAD?

ALIVE AND WELL,

SIGNORA PREGADAN.

AND MINE?

THE ADMIRAL:

IS ALIVE AND A HERO.

AND MY HUSBAND?

WHO IS YOUR HUSBAND?

VICCO. MY HUSBAND

IS PIETRO VICCO.

HE'S YOUNG AND STRONG.

I'M SURE HE'LL COME HOME SAFELY.

YOU KNOW:

HER HUSBAND WELL.

NOT AT ALL WELL, BUT HIS

REPUTATION PRECEDES HIM.

GO ON. ASK HER.

ASK HER WHA YOU'RE LONGING TO.

ASK HER WHAT DRAWS

OUR HUSBANDS BACK TO HER...

AGAIN AND AGAIN.

LIKE PIGS TO A TROUGH.

THE LATIN FOR BANANA

ISARIANE.

BANANA TREE ISPALLE.

A WOMAN'S GREATES AND MOST HARD-WON ASSE

IS AN EDUCATION.

JUST BECAUSE YOU

CAN SAY IT IN LATIN

DOESN'T MAKE I ANY LESS OBSCENE.

JUST BECAUSE:

YOU TOOK A VOW:

DOESN'T MEAN

YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE.

EITHER THAT WHORE LEAVES

OR I LEAVE.

NO CHRISTIAN WOMAN COULD

TOLERATE SUCH BEHAVIOR

UNDER HER ROOF.

YOU'RE UNFI TO BE A MOTHER.

AT LEAS I AM A MOTHER.

YOU WON'T BE ONCE

LORENZO HEARS OF THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,

SIGNORA FRANCO.

HE'S ALIVE.

YOU MADE:

MANY ENEMIES TODAY.

THEY WERE:

ALREADY ENEMIES.

NOW THEY WILL:

BECOME MORE SO.

IS THAT WHY YOU CAME,

TO WARN ME?

WHEN MY DAUGHTER

IS OLD ENOUGH,

I WANT YOU TO MAKE HER

A COURTESAN.

[LAUGHS]

I WILL NOT PIMP:

YOUR DAUGHTER.

LOOK AT THE LIFE YOU LIVE.

THE FREEDOM THAT YOU HAVE.

WILL YOU DENY MY DAUGHTER

THE SAME CHANCE?

TURN RIGHT UP AHEAD.

LOOK.

LOOK OUTSIDE.

GET AWAY!

[LAUGHING]

THIS IS WHERE:

WE GO TO DIE.

YOU WILL NOT END HERE.

LIVIA,

VENICE'S REIGNING VENUS.

GET AWAY!

A JEALOUS LOVER DID THAT.

WHO WANTS HER NOW?

MY CAGE SEEMS BIGGER

THAN YOURS,

BUT IT'S STILL A CAGE.

IF YOU WANT SYMPATHY FROM ME,

YOU WON'T GET IT.

I DON'T WAN YOUR SYMPATHY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT MY DAUGHTER'S

NURSE TOLD HER THIS MORNING?

THAT IN A GIRL'S VOICE

LIES TEMPTATION.

A KNOWN FACT...

ELOQUENCE IN A WOMAN

MEANS PROMISCUITY.

PROMISCUITY OF THE MIND LEADS

TO PROMISCUITY OF THE BODY.

SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE HER YET,

BUT SHE WILL.

SHE'LL GROW UP JUST LIKE

HER MOTHER. SHE'LL MARRY,

BEAR CHILDREN,

AND HONOR HER FAMILY.

SPEND HER YOUTH:

IN NEEDLEPOIN:

AND RUE THE DAY:

SHE WAS BORN A GIRL.

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